Program

Program in English

Accompanying events (June 30th– July 14 th )

Date: June 30 th , 9am / Krupnicza 33 (WPiA UJ), Sala Zielona

Panel: Visions of Europe, Visions from Europe: The Experience of Migrant Journeys to the Promised Land. (in English)

In the framework of the MA in Euroculture Intensive Programme (Visions of Europe) This panel discussion will help to bring to life the stories behind the images. An image can be powerful but when married to firsthand experience, real life stories and hard hitting academic research, a richer and more effective narrative may be told. The panel will bring together activists, aid-workers, researchers and migrants to discuss their experiences and visions of the crisis from different standpoints. The aim is to debate the various and often conflicting images of the migrant/refugee that have taken shape in Europe in a manner which allow the underlying human stories to be set against a broader backdrop of the events which have led to it.

Guest speakers:

 Prof. dr hab. Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska – Professor of Psychology of Culture and Religion, Jagiellonian University, has worked extensively with migrants and refugees, particularly in Turkey

Vernissage: photo exhibition of “Images of the Unseen”, by photographer Omar Marques The evening event will be opened by the Dean of the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Prof. dr hab. Zdzislaw Mach, who has researched extensively about migration and identity. This will be followed by an explanation by the curator Natalia Wiernik, who will say a few words about her vision behind the exhibition, as well as photographer Omar Marques.

Discussion: Hands-On, Hands Off: Front-Line Workers in the Migratory ‘Sphere’ (in Polish) A discussion with front-line workers and activists about their daily challenges, their motivations, their rewards and their visions of the future for those they work with. What are the confines in which they work? What are the dangers? What are their experiences with migrants, government, police and border patrol guards? The aim is to step inside the world of front-line workers – those at the intersection of peoples and cultures – and their daily interactions, obstacles and visions of the crisis at hand.

Guest panelists:

 Marina Hulia – activist, initiator of the action “Dzieci z Dworca Brześć” (The Children from Brześć Train Station) – works with Chechen asylum seekers on the Polish- Belorussian border

Workshop: Bringing down the Wall: Challenges and Opportunities of the Stranger at the Door (in Polish/ English translation possible)

A workshop / discussion aiming at confronting mechanisms of discrimination and stereotyping in differing spheres of society whilst discussing tools used to break down fear, hate, and the negative depiction of the Other. A discussion with those in positions to affect change – teachers, policy-makers, activists and intercultural coaches amongst others – and their challenges, tools, ideas and actions. The aim is to circulate best practices, try out new ideas, and discuss the difficulties of the task at hand.

Guest Panelists:

 Dr Konrad Pędziwiatr – Associate Professor in Sociology at the Cracow University of Economics, research in Islamophobia)

 Dr Joanna Talewicz-Kwiatkowska – Associate Professor in Cultural Anthropology at the Jagiellonian University, research on the Roma minority

18:00 Auction of student art from Academia Sztuk Pięknych (ASP) and other artists based in

Krakow – proceeds from the auction to be transferred to selected NGOs / initiatives working with refugees/ migrants on the ground – led by Dr Ewa Krzaklewska (Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University) and Wojtek Piróg.

Program in Polish

Wydarzenia towarzyszące wystawie: 30 czerwca – 14 lipca 2017

Panel: Visions of Europe, Visions from Europe: The Experience of Migrant Journeys to the Promised Land In the framework of the Euroculture Intensive Programme (Visions of Europe) . This panel discussion will help to bring to life the stories behind the images. An image can be powerful but when married to first-hand experience, real life stories and hard hitting academic research, a richer and more effective narrative may be told. The panel will bring together activists, aid-workers, researchers and migrants to discuss their experiences and visions of the crisis from different standpoints. The aim is to debate the various and often conflicting images of the migrant/refugee that have taken shape in Europe in a manner which allow the underlying human stories to be set against a broader backdrop of the events which have led to it.

Guest speakers:

 Prof. dr hab. Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska – Professor of Psychology of Culture and Religion, Jagiellonian University, has worked extensively with migrants and refugees, particularly in Turkey